Farm, Garden and HonscLold. , Plant Lloe. Dr. I. P. Trimble read a paper be fore tbe Farmers' Olnb as follows : " A few years ago tbe apple orchards near Newark, N. J., presented an ap pearance similar to those blighted one so often described. The leaves first curled, then beoauae discolored, and Boon fell off, nnd also the young fruit. In a little whilo a seoond crop of leaves appeared, Rnd the trees were not seri ously injured, as there was not much return of the same tronblo in the next or subsequent seasons. The cause was n visitation of aphides, or plant lioe. By examining the under side of the youDg leaves they were found to be thickly studded with these minute parasites, feeding upon the sap, and, of course, exhausting the vitality of tbe trees. A similar eiTect may be observed almost every year upon certain cherry trees, making that crop in many places very uueertain, and especially causing the fruit to rot prematurely. In such cases the stems of the cherries will be found coated with these little sappers nud miners. Almost every plant has its peculiar aphis, which occasionally come in such numbers as to be injuri ous. We have a black one on the grow ing shoots of grapevines, a green one on rose-bushes, black sticky ones on cortain willows, a blue ore on the green-gage plum, and a brown one on oats, sometimes destroying the crops. The young clover of a neighborhood is sometimes entirely killed by another species. Potato vines will be, at times, so greatly injured as to produce but little crop, the leaves being twisted up eo as to be hardly known. Corn crops, too, are often seriously injured by a spooies of plantjlouso which preys upon the roots, especially in a cold' season when the corn has been planted early. Many people suppose, and with a good deal of reason, that the curl of the peach leaf early iu the spring is also caused by a species of aphis working at the roots of the trees. Nearly all the specie3 of aphides or plant lice in crease most in the cool weather of spring and fall, hot weather checking them. The sun-hine of a hot day will kill them if exposed to its direct rays. I have never noticed such numbers of warblers and other small birds in the fpriug, when there was such a visita tion of phint lice in the apple orchards. I have killed a few of the birds at this season, and found them perfectly gorged with these lice. As to the proper kinds of peaches and other fruits to plant it w nld be best'to con sult such works as Downing, Thomas, and others, where the lists are care fully prepared. As to pear blight, some varieties seem more liable to be affect ed than others." Housekeeping Ilinlx. Eexovatixq Black Kids. Ink and sweet oil mixed, two parts of ink to one part of oil, will also make a nice glossy blacking for glove kid boots. Prepare a bottle of it, and attach a small sponge to tlie cork, as is done in ' liquid blacking." The same varnish touched on very gently to the white tigs and seains of worn black kid gloves, will make a pair quite respect able for either traveling or shopping. To Remove Water Stains from Black Crape. Wherever a drop of water fails upon a black crape veil or trimming, a conspicuous white spot re mains. To obliterate it, spread the crape on a lap-board or table, and place somo weight upon it to keep it steady. Then slip a piece of old blauk fcilk un der the stuin ; take a large camel's Lair brush, dipped in common black ink, and paint out the white spot ; then wipe it off gently with a small bit of soft old Hack silk ; it will dry directly and entirely remove the stains. Baked Pokk and Beans. This New England dish has been condemned by those reformers of hygiene, who would banish every particle of fat from our diet ; but, like other good things, this may be eaten with impunity by the healthy. If preferred so, the "pork may be boiled one hour and 9 half, and then baked by itaelf in a hot oven. The beans, after being parboiled twice, and cooked till nearly done, can be seasoned, put into the dripping-pan, with bits of butter on top, and baked in the usual way. Pork Stew. In the pork barrel we find some thin, lean pieces, and these make excellent Btews. Have the slices quite thick, cover with boiling water lor a few womenls, pour that off, add more and boil one hour, when they are ready for the potatoes and a crust simi lar to that we use for pot-pie. Take one and a half cups of buttermilk, a teaspoonf ul of sour cream, nearly two even teuspoonfals of saleratus and a little salt. Mix the dough a little stiffer than for biscuit, roll out thinly and cut into bits an inch square. Slice potatoes crosswise and put in with the meat, with wiiter enough to cover them. They will cook in twenty minutes. Steam the crust over the same kettle, and when done spread on a platter ; btir into the meat and potatoes a cup of thin, sweet cream or rick milk, with a h little pepper, and, it necessary, salt. When it boils pour the whole over the crust, and you have a dish almost as nice us chicken pot-pio. CribbiiiH in Ilmacs. Crib-biting or wind-sucking in horses is due to a derangement of the stomach. Piling the incisor teeth apart, in the place of relieving pain, very often pro duces it : and therefore, whenever it is successful in preventing the animals from indulging in the habit which is but seldom it is on account of the soreness of the teeth occasioned by the operation. 0 enable a horse to swal low wind, it is necessary for the mus cles of the neck to contract, and the only object in applying the teeth or jaw to the post or manger is to afford a lulorum lor these muscles to act irom. His Field. Mr. A. W. Mitohell, a merehaut of St. Louis, recently made bis dtbut as a lecturer in that city. prefacing his effort with the remark thatthe place had longneeded a lecturer f its own, and as one of its noblest citizens he rushed into the vacuum. "I have had tho doors firmly seoured," be added, " ana net one of you can escape until 1 have got through, Beeoher, Oough, and those fellows are very good, but what the publio wants is something fresh and green, and here It 18. New Kind of Shooting. A new de parture in target shooting was taken at Elm Park, Staten Island, the marts men being first blindfolded, then turned around two or three times, and directed to shoot at a target thirty feet distant. The bull s eve wasiindioated by a con tinuous noise or rapping, and guided by the noise the marksmen aimed and fired. While the shooting was of coarse wild, several very excellent target hits were made, one shot being a dead bull's-eye, WAS HE, on WAS nE SOT I A Strange Ptory llmt Comri to V from the ETcrglnries. Th last strange story comes from Florida. During the war Fred Halse mann left Tampa Bay and went into the tangled reserves of the everglades, ne took with him his wife and their young est child, a bey five years old. The wife and mother got separated in some wy from the two others, and luckily happened to wander back to her home. Threo years went by. The war was over. The older sous had returned from service in the army and were working the plantation. During all this time nothing had been heard of the missing pair. Thoy were mourned for as dead. One day, in the spring of 18G7, a man, apparently about thirty years old, leading by the hand a boy of five, ran joyously up tothe verandah of the plantation house, and began a series of violent kissings of the aged mother. His demonstrations of affec tion were interrupted by the screams of the old lady and the blows of the old est son. Both struck the intruder pain fully. Ho tried to speak, but was ohliged to devote all his energies to the task of finding a solt spot to fall upon. He rose, bewildered uuil bruised, just in time to be knocked down again by younger sour and ne groes, whom the sound of the scullle had called to the spot. As be fell, something tumbled from the pocket of his ragged coat. It was a picture of the widow. The dead planter had carried it with him when he plunged into the swamps. There was a general ontcry, and a demand for an explanation, Tho story of the newcomer was, iu brief, this : He was Fred, nalsemaun. In his wanderings through his vast hiding place, he had falieu iuto a foauiiua spring. When he clambered out, his sou ran away, as if iu fright. He ran after him with surprising speed. Tho child, when caught, soieamed for its father. It was I0113 before he could be persuaded that the young, fresh, vigorous man who climbed out of the pool was the aged, decrepit, white haired m.111 who had fallen into it a moment before. The father himself could not at first appreciate the change. He saw that his bands were no louger wrinkled, that his beard waj brown in stead of gray, that his step irai firmer and bis eye keener, but thu suddenness of the trans-formation dizzied him. He had fallen into the Fountain of Youth which Poneo Do Leou sought in vain amid the Florida swamps ! He hasten eil back and plunged his sou into the Epring. It was un unlucky deed. The tradition about the fountain has al ways been that its wonderful waters changed age to vigorous manhood and made already-existent youth immutable so long as lile lasted. Ihe trauition proved true. He hnd become youug. The son stayed so. The boy was five years old when the potent water touch ed him, and he showed no signs of growth beyond that age, in mind or body, during the three years they spent lost in the labyriuth. They lived mainly on alligators, winch when young are very good eating. When they killed an oid one it was their cus tom to plunge it, while a spark of life was still lelt, into the fountain of Youth, Thus it became young again, and their fastidious palates were satis fied. Finally after many vain attempts, the two got out of the wilderness in which they had been so long lost. They happened to come out near the old home, and hastened to it. This was the man s story. It is not to be wondered at, perhaps, that he told it to a circle of scoffers. The pic ture was taken from him. His accurate recollection of the life of the missing planter was accounted for on the hy pothesis that he had met him in the swamps and had heard the detail from his lips. He was accused of stealing tho picture. It began to be whispered that he had probably murdered Halse- maun. He was told to go, fie went, taking the boy with him. He reap peared, a eek afterward, at Tampa, alone. Tho child, he said, had died cf fright and want. He began suit for the possession oi the Jla'semann planta tion. When the trial came off, he rest ed his case on three points : the resem blance ot the boy to the child who had disappeared in 1801 : his own ready recollection of the minutive of HuIho- mana's life, and his ability to pilot anybody to the Fountain of Ponce De Leon. " The first two points were ad mitted, but the resemblance was at tributed by tho defense to a chance co incidence, and the knowledge of tho past to a presumed intimacy between the planter and the pretender while both were lest in the everglades. When men meet each other under such cir cumstances, they tell everything. The most trivial details are eagerly related and heard for the sake of whiling away the monotonous hours. So the argu ment ran, fairly enough. The third point was flatly denied. Acting on a suggestion of the court, the claimant went with a large party in search of the miraculous spring. After some weeks of wandering, they came back without having found it. S ill, this failure did not absolutely disprove the claim. The most practiced woodsmen have often goue astray in southern Florida. Whon the case went to a jury, the latter dis agreed. So did the next one impau elcd, and the next. The" last of the three, however, came very near giving a verdict for the plaintiff. This was mainly due to the admirable manage ment of his counsel. The cluimant's gratitude to Henderson, his counsel, who was a candidate for Congress, was the indirect cause of his death. This occurred on the 3dof November. Dur ing a souftle at the polls, where he was distributing ballots, be was shot through the body. Somebody lifted his head. He gasped " I am ," and died. The prestmt possessors of the estate, whose title has been settled by his death, aver that at the last moment remorse overtook him, and he tried to say, "I am not Halsemann," but was too weak to finish the sentence. On the other hand, his friends declare that with bis last breath he asserted the jus tice of his claim by trying to say, "I am Halsemann." This, however, is all conjecture. The puzzle remains with out an answer. Was he Halsemann, or was he some other man ? Pbepabixo. A San Jose (OaL) paper says that a prominent bachelor af that place had been noticed several evenings of late carefully examining the initials and monograms on the ladies' under wear hung out to dry at the laundry near tne depot. He says ne wants a wife, but a woman who doesn't keep her own clothing mended, what show is there tot a husband a shirt buttons f The Paris police have discovered a manufactory ot begging letters : not only was there a good sale for these. all in various forms, but. actually, a list of soft-headed citizens could be purchased into the bargain. SEWS OF THE DAT. Iteuif nl Interest from A broad Homo and The authorities of Tuecnmbia, Ala., tele graphed to rremdent Grant sinking for aid to the sufferers by tbe storm. Tbe TreRident re plied that he in unable to comply with tbe request Tbe Governor of Arkansas has offered $1 000 reward for tbe oaptnre of ex-Lieutenant-Governor V. V. 8mitb Four maxknd men broke in the door of James Breed, a farmor, living five miles from Titue ville, Ta., and demanded bis money. lit) re plied that bo bad none, and tbey then tied bim to a lounge, and afterwards put bis foot lu tbe fire to compel bim to dipgorgo. They ran sacked tbe honso, sooured about fort; dollars, and mado their escape The new legisla ture of Illinois BtandB 1 Benate, 21 Republicans, 22 Democrats, and 5 Reformers; House, 09 Republicans, D7 Democrats and 27 Reformers. Austin F. Pike declines renomination for Congress from the Manchester, N. II., district Michaol Martin, of Tongbkeppsie, N. Y., killel bis wife by beating her to death. A shock of earthquake was felt in Essex oounty, Mass, nouses wero shaken, stoves moved, and iu one instance a safe overthrown, Reports like tho firing of heavy cannon were beard Corrections in returnB having boon mado, the official vote of New York Htato at tho lato election is declared as follows : Total vole on Governor, 7IU.201 ; Samuel J. Tilden, 410.101; John A. Dix, 306.002: Myron IT. Clark, 11,708 ; Tildon over Dix, 50.102 ; Tilden over all, 3s,C01. Total vote on Lieutenant Governor, 791,212; William Dorshoimor, 41(5, 507 ; John C. Robinson, 303.32S ; Rag?, Teinporonce, 11,377 ; Dorsboimer over Robin son, 53.179; Dorshcimor over both, 41,802.... The new liorse dieeaso, called pink eye, has ma'io itH appearance in sections of Connecti cut. When the dinoaso first Rppears the borees rofuse their food. Swelling of the limbs and swelling and running of tbe eyes, accompanied with a cough in some instances, Immediately follow. The disease genorallv lasts from threo to four weeks before the horses are fit to work Tho Supremo Court of Indiana ban docided that colored children have no rigiiln in the school provided for wi ite children. It is held that the consti tutional system of common schools was or ganized for tbe benefit of tho eitizons. and at tbe time of tlio adoption of the Constitution only white pooplo were citizens. The four teenth amendment docs net delegato to the general government the right to interfere with the regulation of domestic affairs, and the lato Legislature having passed a law for separate schools in districts having fifteen or mure colored children, tho colored children have no right iu the schools provided for while e'jililren so long a that act making separate provisions remains in force The oliLial returns of Alabama for flovoruor show tho total vole this year as 201,010. This vote is 29.817 greater than tho total for Governor in 1372, and 41,117 greater thau tho total Con gressional voto in 1872. Tho total Presidential vote was 31,330 less thau the Gnbernatoriid vote this year. George S. Houston, Dem., has a majority of 13,190 for Governor this year over David P. Lewis, Rtp., whose majority in 1S72 was 8:507. A train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ran iiilo a drove of horses, tilling eight of them A frightful mountain disaster ia reported ou tho great St. Rernard. Eloveu persons were buried in the snow and perished. A number of American newspaper cor respondents have been imprisoned iu Spain. England makes objections to tho pro posed Canadian reciprocity treaty with tho United Stales, asserting that under it her manifestations are placed at disadvantage, and tho treaty would injure them ..Statistics siiow that there are in round numbers 3,200,000 Methodists in the L mtcd States and Canada. Some idea may bo formed of the growth of American Methodism by comparing these figures with the beginning mado 103 years ago in New York, with five members, by Philip Embury ; 700,000 added to tho above figures will give the number of Methodist communi cants throughout the world 3,900,000. During a fight with the Indians, two white girls were recaptured. These sisters, Adelaide and Julia, Germans, aged three aud seven years, were captured iu Kansas. Thoy say that their father, mother, brother, and one sis'.er were murdered, and that they and two other sisters were kept prisonors. They have no positive knowledge of their whereabouts. Their Btory ' f .woe and suffering is too horri ble to relate. Thev wore almost naked and nearly starved .... A fly-wheel weighing twenty tons, iu a Newark, N. J., factory, exploded, doing over 530,000 damage. .. . The woolen manufacturers of the United States, through a committee, ask Congress to equalize the duty ou nil grades, by making it twenty-five per cent, allowance. They complain that groat injustice is done the manufacturing interests by tho present tariff Tho Attorney-General of tho United States has decided that the goods of foreign exhibitors at tbe International Exhibition, to bo held at Philadelphia, in 1870, will be eutiroly free from liability to seizure from any debts, claims or demands whatever against the centennial commission or any oihcr corporate body, person or association of persona having to do with said exlubition.. Lieutenant-Lieueral Mienuau denies tho re ported invasion, of the Rlack Hills by miners, aud thinks the report may have originated from the diucovery of gold forty miles north of Laramie City, where minors have gone.. Mrs. Jeuisch, an Irishwoman in New York, has been committed to the Tombs for roasting t:i death her daughter, aged four years A letter from Mexico says that by the late earth' quake there quite a number of lives were lost, aud the destruction of property was much more severe thau at first reported T. T. Bioocka, convictod iu the United States Circuit Court of embezzlement aud making false eu tries while president of the Merchants National Bank of Petersburg, was sentencod to five years' imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary. Tbe Comptroller of Currency of the United 8tates, in bis annual report, eaya twenty-two hundred national banks have been organized since the establishment of tbe system. Thirty five have failed and 137 have gone iuto volun tary liquidation, leaving 2,023 banks in exist euce. ' The total circulation of these banks ia $301,927,246, leaving $2,072,754 not issued of the amount authorized. The amount of taxes paid into the Treasury of the United States by the national banks during the year ending July 1, 1874, was $7,083,598, of which $3,404, 000 were derived from circulation. The aver age rate of taxation assessed npon the capital of tbe national banks is estimated at from 3 to 3 per cent. The Comptroller recommends'the repeal of the two-cent stamp tax. The Treas urer of the United States holds $385,400,000 of United States bonds as security for circulating notes The report of the Postmaster General of the United States shows that the revenues for the year ending June SO, 1874 were $24,598,568, and the expenditures $32,' 126,414. The estimated expenditures for the year ending June SO, 1876, are $36,964,031 1 total estimated revenue $29,148,156, leaving a deficiency to be appropriated out of the general treasury of $7,815,878. These esti mates do not lnolude appropriations for steam' hip eervioe and stamps, amounting to $2,098, 600. The number of post-offloM In operation June SO, 1874, was 84,294) total number of appointments during the year, 0,424. The Fostmaster-General says nothing relative to the new postal law that has not been published before. II? thinks that from the law there will be considerable increase in tbe revenue. Bmall-pox broke out in the deaf and dumb asylum in Now York city, and many ot tbe ln- mates wore stricken with tbe disease A ni.t ... j m.. ....... r. i,,.,.,,, ..Bn. vvv.a.,ou Ileal Italian minora and citizens, in whioh four Italians were killed and several wounded ... .It is believed in Washington that tbcro will be no Congressional action on the financial question this winter Diphthoria still continues its ravages in New York, and many deaths occur weekly from it. . . .The citizens of North Caro lina are to have a centennial celebration of their own in Charlotte, Meckliuburg county, ou May 20, 1876 Michigan's official census, Just oomplotod, shows that the State now has a population of 1,836,908, being an increase of 152,526 since 1870 The cash value of corn recoived in Chicago thus far in 1874 is $21,000,- 000, agaiust $14,000,000 for the whole of 1873. King Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich Islands, was recoived, on landing at San Fran cisco, by military escort. Snlutos wore fired from tho forls and from tho government steamers In the trotting race iu San Francisco, between Judge Fullcrton and Occi dent, milo heats, best threo in five, for a purse of $6,000, Oicident von in 2:19, 2:25, 2:2f J A terrible slaughter of human lives was per petrated at tho settlement of Indian Tickle, Labrador, two whole families, with the excep tion of a young girl, being the victims. Tiio Indians had been B'oaling and wore whipped by the authorities. They committed tho mur ders in rovongo for tho whipping A young girl was sont to prison for larceny in New York, she having stolen goods at the request of her lover. She was only fourteen years of age Lowell, the poet, has declined the Husnian Ministry, tendered him by tho United Statoa. Iu Brazil tho pooplo have risen against foreigners, and declared that they nniht leave the country Five masked men went to a country storo on the Petit Jean river in Yell county, Arkansas. Thoy shot and killed the proprietor and robbed the storo. They then robbed a trading boat lying in the river, nnd killed a sheriff who was in pursuit of them. . , One of tlie jurors in the trial of Taylor, who was acquitted of the murder of Mnckey at New castle, Del., says that if the jury had been polled ou tho rendition of tho verdict, four of their number would have refused their as sent to it. After fasting lifty-eight hours they agreed to re-main silent while tho others gave the verdict, but if askeel individually, would have disngreeel with the maturity Hcrr Sigl. editor of the Vaterland newspaper, Iiuh been sentenced 111 contumaciam to ton mouths' imprisonment for asserting tluit Kull- man's attempt ou the life of l'lineo Bismarck was a sham plot concocted bv the police At the time of the sudden death of Mayor llave- meyer, of New York, w ho dropped dead in his ollne, the suit against him by John Kelly, f libel, was progressing. It terminated sadly. Mayor Hiiveineyer was seventy years of age, and was serving his third term as Mayor when he died The limed States government work on Fort Adams has been discontinued. . An effort is being made to havo tho Brooklyn post-office discontinued, tho business of Brook lyn to bo done at the New York oiliee. Captain Charles Nichols of the schooner Gerdio E. Merrow, of Bath, from Alexandria for Boston, was knocked overboard iu a squall and lost At the municipal election in New Bedford and Fitehburg, Mass., a Democratic Mayor was elected in tho former, and an I11- ilepcndcnt iu the latter James Russell and John N. Railway, aged respectively 1.1 and 11 years, pupils at Jlavcrstraw, rs. 1., were drowned during recess. They, with a number of other boys, were sliding 011 a pond near the school and broke through the ice. Several men were standing on the edge of the pond at tho time, aud might have rescued them, but made no effort to do so. Their bodies were re covered about an hour afterward V heavy plioon swept over leiio, Japan, .uuny sea coast villages were greatly injured, and 0110 was entirely destroyed. Thirty-three junks were recked, and 200 lives lost. Work is re amed in tho Rensselaer iron works. N. Y., and tho Manchester, N. II., mills The death of Sen. Robert O. Tyler, of the United States army, is announced Jliere are three cases upon the docket of the Supreme Court of the nited States which involve the entire Granger question in tho Northwest, aud which were nought to test the constitutionality of the re strictive State legislation against railroads... The Liuteu Siateti imnuc (lent statement snows decrease during tlie past month of jl23,42' US. llio com balance is f S3.M, ibl.li ; cur- ency, ?lti.C99,311.44 ; coin certificates, i: 045,400 ; certificates of de)OBit, $47,120.01X1. Contract. A shoemaker in Auburn, Me., takes contracts to ' plioe aud boot people at a stated annual price, which ranpt s from 815 to 35, according to tho size of tho foot, the size cf tho man, anil h:s gait. A high stepper gets bliod at a less aunual rate ; an over-readier cotts more : a Bhumcr costs still higher. At the end of the ver the ciiHtoruer conies in and brings Lis old boots and shoes that have done service lor the year. If there is a month's wear still in bis boot ather, the shoemaker credits him ac cordingly on tlie next year. Tins is something new iu theshoeruakiiig busi ness. Did They Stand. " The militia ! the militia ! Did they stand fire?" im patiently asked Washington of tho messenger Irom Hunker mil. xney did, and three times repelled the enemy, wiien, Uieir ammunition Riving out, they fell back, fighting with clubbed musketB " "Thank liod was tlie reverent rejoinder ; "then the nation is liaveu. Tho Latest Triumph of Temperance. We congratulate the temperance wond on the success everywht-re at tending the use of Vinegar Bitters, Certainly no preparation containing alcohol has accomplished such cures of malarious fever, biliousness, dyspepsia, rheumatism, lune complaints, constipa tion, and general debility, as we hear of from oil quarters, as the results of this famous vegetable specific. No true philanthropist will regret to see spirituous liquors expelled irom ruedi cal use, if they can be safely dispensed with ; and that they are not necessary in any case of sickness, whatevei its charac ter, appears at last to have been demon strated. If publio opinion is capable of once ine most popular oi moueru meui- oines into the uospiiais, ana presoriDe .' i : i i i . rrl. 1 '. 1 . I. . ib iu uieir practice, xuo xuiiiiuus uavti given the article a fair trial : it has more than answered their expectations, and no theoretical opposition can BhaKe their faith in it. Com. T i. wll .n fAl nicely around the Deck, wear the Improved Warwick Collar. It is the litest style iu jvu vi tui v .v. w . muv Vw width, and all tbe edges beiag folded, the corner do not torn no. It looka better thau any other collar, whether linen or paper. rimples, Eruptions, Rough Skin. Tlie svntem boinn nut under the influence of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for a few weeks, the skin becomes smooth, clear soft, and velvety, and being illuminated with tlie glow or perreci nemui iroiu niinm, rue beauty stands forth in all its glory. Nothing ever presented to the tmblio aa a beantifier of tbe oomplcxion ever gave such satisfaction for this purpose as the Discovery. The efforts of all medicines whicli operate upon the eystem tbronuli the medium or tne Diooa are neces- ,:, .nm.l,.t nn n,.M. l,n rmn.l ll,A reme(ly employed. While one to three bottleB clear the skin of pimples, blotches, eruptions, yo"w spots, comedones, or " grubs," a dozen may possibly be required to cure some eases where the system is rotten with scrofulous or virulent blond poisons. The cure ot all thnso diseases, however, from tlie common pimple to the worst scrofula, is, with the use of this most potent agent, only a matter of time. Sold by all druggists. covKitun wiTit RnrrTioNs. cttnp.n. Clavekack. Columbia Co.. N. Y. Dr. R. V. Tierce, Buffalo, H. Y.! J)ear fiir I am sixty years of ago, and have been afllictod with Salt Ilheum in tho worst form for a great many years, until, accidently, saw 0110 of your books, which described my use exactly. I bought your Goldon Medi cal Discovery and took two bottles and a lialf, and was entirely cured. From my shoulders to my nanus l was entirely covered witli erup tions, also on fnco and body. I was likewise afilicted with Rhoumati'-m, so that I walked wit 11 grnnt uiluculty, and Itiatu entirely cured. May God spare you a long lifo to remain a blowing to mankind. With untold gratitudo, Was. A. W. Williams, VKUKTAHI.K PI'LMUXAItV IIAI9AMI Mit BDnrove'i. retlablo ai',1 weil-fcno.-n remodv for Cju0:4, Cols A Dininmiittnn, tiet the Genuine. rrtc i ; mail WW. CC 1 1.r U BROS CO.. Br.,cn. Tlie Irct t!est Wnmnii In New Vot k, Misa K , well known In onr ftehlonalilo roctoty for tier diitinque appcarunco and tfautlful crm- liltxion, was ones a saOov. rungh-skluned girl, chagrined at tier red, freckled face. She pitched into Hatfn's Magnolia Balm, anil is now as pretty la compu-xlcn as she Is charming in manurrs. This article overcomes freckles, tan, Eallownces, meth-p.itchcs, rlug-mtrki, etc., and makes one look ten years younger than they aro. Magnolia Bslm for a traneparent complexion, and Lyon's Kath&iron to rtiako the hair plentiful, '"xirlunt, p. ft ati'l ueliritc. hao no rivals. Tho Kithatron prcTei 1 8 tbe hiir from turning gray, bradlrates sndruff, and is tho best aud cheapest dresslr.g In tic wo: ia. Dninncd ly Fntnt I'rnlsc Jas. Beckman, clergyman of New York, was recently badly kicked by a horse, and was spee tity enred by using tho eclobrated Mexican Mustang I.lntmont. When the proprietor aaked him tor a certificate, be re plied that he 11 considered it a remarkable article, but it wouldn't answer for htm to indorse a remedy in print." Here's consistency. But we didn't kick him as te corse did. The world knows thiit for RCui.iat;sm, Bruises, Swellings. Bpavln, Pcra'chcs, Ii II immation, Lameness or rtny ilpph. bone c m ei-tr. mlmfl.t upon man or itnal, more ,r n'iu-g iiko tne Mustang Ltm- nio it. Ii rests but fo , tj. and fi.ru per bnttlo, aid sboull be in evpry 'amlly. It ,s wrapped In a fine r.t.'cl-piaTo Unel. and s'uucd O. w. Westbrook. Cnenist." Tonic mill Ktcniierant Plantation Dif fers. --Tho constantly increasing patronage which it recoives hrs, it is trae, ex?lted the petty cuyy ef certain splcnot-c advertisers cf pinchbeck panaceas, who hope t make a makct for their wn 8taKua.it, wtury watrs, by decrying all spirltun,; mVi -in-.l prf-paratinus, Jut the p'jb ite ca.i stoin.''i h ncithi r tn- i" ut gurnenH nor t tielr roraii -riB. :d c n-jseq'ioiitl 7 reject t'leS'i voy we..k Im.t.itiMns of the enemy as ui.tti c?; t-.itUiul Tha 12 ark??.. NKV VOB3. 13 K t ounnou to guo:l lessu i ioa t;-.v.i: 40.HC1 SK0.cn .0r. .071,' .('1 V .("J ,4t .I'd '2 ,;is .n 4.M a 6.3(1 5 Iti a 6 2 ) l.aj a 1.K7 l.iiT a l.cs .Ml a .' Oottnn Miaai'.uf Ftmir i xirs AFtf '.crri flt.o Extra. . Vjit P.il W. i,'o. 5 fii)na 'ir-9 1.2 1 1.:1D Oil V lied Vcsii.ro , f,:': .70 .94 .!5 .no .14 11. 6.1 .14 11 .47 'oro Yiixol YtS'.or.l. Uvr, perewt .4 Straw, per (.'Wt. 40 HO'V (.IB. 1R1&1 fUS .I'M For. H'-v 21.IM rv(i tt l roleuiH Ornde.w S 3 if Kc-fl iod Ohio I'ir.cr 34 S .40 a .as a .'ii a .41) -Wi .. .I a .'4 a .31 1 st a .'.! 1 .VI a 1.4S a M a 7.00 a l.(i7 a ,K! a a ,iB 1 ,r) " WI'JW '.(! 'i7.-f.tK :i tl.-'lJ.Ba.v -M" .?; ::l.t "iv-i.ii fil' C!i f Fhf.--.-y .l.v ' fcl.;as.ifcv ,1-4 C:i:o .1) fi Kte au .txl . 13) t;e: '.f?tf '.1.1 rn Mixort .'J2 .lev i.'.au 1.48 Oiis-tS'eto f4 pr fi.7fi : at Wo. J M ri-vr . 1 nn O.irn M UstJ M Ilyo WJ Barley 121 O.itiin La i:J4iia 4Si ,16V fijcr-iiirs fc.2i I 8ii ;Pict a l.i7 tvr.1 Vci'.ow m a 1 ),'.... . t;! CJ r-31L0dLt'.1t. f'!.jr.r-rr.ri. Titrr, r. 25 .!'4 l.to Corn -X''Ao7 fclxi ;1 a Ki I'.fitu.j.iim retrulcu-i Lrntfe AUENTS WANTED FOB THE HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT OB THE FARMER'S WAR AGAINST MONOPOLIES. Rfius a full (tnd uutli'iitic account of tho struggles of the American farmers against the extortion, of tho Kail- road ('onip.'inif. with a history nf th rie and jiroKros ot the Ordt-r ut Pn( runs of H itsliatuliy. It ft.'lls at MKht, Snd for K';iiut'n piim8 and tnrms to AjjiMits, and Bee wh.v it fas-tt'i' tliii'i any other In Nik. Atdnn, NATID.NAL VV INt i t'O. PhUadi-lohm, Pa. OPTIG SMAGAZINS, 1875 N is llir linn1 In Siilixrrilir ! Tlin Ni'.v Vol unit, will ciit.ufi Ni-w Sl'trifH ly Oliver llptir, I'lljah K'Umf u:ut '.tli.M-A, lii'idt'B many ni'w fcfituts. nil nl wliii-h ur.. duly l.a furtll.ill mmi' I'nhiHi-IUH. 'I'l'l'llld. MJ.OO lr year, in tuivauiit... Siccimt.i uumliur liiniU'd free un amilicati'.n. l.l.i; iV lll.r.tl(l, I'liblikiiorN, Hon! 4 IU.M KIMi ItllV ItOI.DI U .-nt l or iV "llui lldlllft IHTlliL'tiv illlV Bl.fd llOX. m 7 .j cents pur do.' tn. ( Mi.! loan StnHt. l-'levt-hmd, Ohln. -nlM. VK VvXT UttlH f.lk from ovrry town to rnin n '1'iliti tir tlir chanuiuK i'lvi-niln paper I.ITTKI) DIAMOND. Ti v lb ami we'll urnriM vmi in tne laiird valut ot ur pri'inniniH. Sainplfb tn'. Addrosti 1JTTLK 1HA.MOXI I'L li. CD.Moiirne. .'Mich. SEM) 10 ("ENTS u:J to tho Journal nnitiir. Lnw- ruucftittivh, iinhaua, fortlin number lor January, 18. o (now rttady). of Tlir nriniii nr. milDMAI containing tin. mC rurULHH JUUIUIMU. opening chapters of l-'OItTINK WON, the narrative ot a pnor ni'-cliauio, who, whili in had hn.-.lth, discovered ixiHincbS in which he made a fortune in a tew years. and telU so plititdy Imwit wax done, that anyone who reads Im narratie ran In eiiually auccr.f.tul, 111 T.I 11 f fipe.-imen (iis of the liest Agricul 1 1 Ml4 Hi I tural I'aptT Oi tlie World, the AMERICAN FARM JOURNAL. Mxlpcn InrBP linui Tor only 7.1 Ccnln it Yfar. have vour inuiH'y. SpticiiiiDU Cupif. iruu to uuy addn'on. Suml P.istal t'ard I" . . 1,111 ki-: iV jm:s, toiciio, unio. You will likn the pupor. Every Household can ba Supplied with a Beautiful Illuminating Gas by the Keybtone Safety Gas Machine. It is Simplo in Construction, Safe in Operation, and Certain in Results. For Villages, Churches, Rural Homes, Institutions, etc-, the Keystone Ap paratus Affords the Most Perfect Means of Illumination Yet Discov- on Application. Keystone Safety I . ....... ' n u I c. H. Baker, Sect 717 Sausom St., philu. 110 Liberty St , New York. I - THE WEEKLY SUN. ; A large, eight page, in deneudent. hoatst and foAiless newspaper, of 66 brod columns, especial ly desiguud lot me farmer, tbe meihitDio, the mm. c-Aut end tbe professional man. eiil tliflr wives and ch'l ireu. We aim tn muke the Weekly Suit the bst family uewsraper In the world. It is full of eiitertalulng and iustrautiTa reading of eveiy "".ou.pMut.notDir.K 10 on.1.0 sue m.ist iwupu. iuus sua afiiieais .aste. puce. sll.Seu par year. loel Try ostagi prepaid. Tbe cheapest p.per published. it. ui U ST MO.MiV IN IX bUHUI Just out. Useful, Uaudsome, Cheap, fulls every whure. bend for prospeotus to E. 0. BKtOOMAN, s Barclay Bt,, N. V or m Wast tin St., Cincinnati, Ohio. BOOK CAUTION. On nccount of the popularity of the AVliccler A Wilson Sewing Machine, parties have largely been engaged in purchasing old nnd sceond-hfinil machines of that make, ami imposed upon the public by selling them as new machines. The Wheeler & Wilson Company begs to ntlvie the public that any one desiring to uuy tneir seconft-iinnei machines can lie supplied by that Company direct, on liettcr terms than others can afford them, and be assured of what they are buy ing. Address WHEELER & WILSOX M'F'O CO., 025 Rhoadwav, KewYork. OVr.R HALF! Wanted Acentu, eithor sex. Postal to 3 llem'n Binos, Syracuse, N. Y. P(Ht NEARLY THIRTY YKAKS TUB Richmond Prints hv been held lu high eetoom by those who uie ft Vnliro. They are produced In all the uoTelttci o ctiarifrtmr fashions, And In ror.servati ve stylet suited to tho wants of many persons. Among the latter are the "STANDARD GRAY STYLES,' propor for tho fconte or street beantlful In de b1k'i ftiid pleaniutf tn color, riff. CHOCOIjATE standard styles, !n grout variety ftnd widely known as u-"st sar vu-e.iltle prints. Nothing better for dully wear. TM S3 K;o is hear tickets a i qnnted above. Your rcvnilrr should liavo them, aud xuur txtt.Diiuatton and approval wtil coincide. nrt Fdusril Cnllrtrlnte Institute.-A bnaroil a Sf nlinirc for I.1ttN M.iil nH.i(l.m,in. f(0 for 13 w. fcnara and wlrmnn FrgMsh. Win t' T tern., !!!, M h ; Bprin? term., Man S S-ith. Rlx O ils? el S-unr. C mmorcii.1, ilr.ionttflo, Claficl nil. tilli'Ke-pi-evrpinry and l'rifcpeloijal piei u- runrv,or the student iray select anv three stu dies. lltKl'Pr.t'.iitHni t iClPrtfymens' families ami to thoso liitnndii.ir to bo Mluisters, one-third ils Douiit. For s.;IMoarn'ers. good a'irt accessible r,MTi! ith heivy fnt niture at f,ri ptr term. B 'li ner, 1 4 admit tei! at :r.y tiue protoi tlor,a:ly Flftiien ton hors. Fnrerh brick bnildlniis. Twenty yer l of rro.nei ltr. A.ltlrrss for citMgucs or roon.s, JOHBI'H E. KINft. U. li,,rr:ic, Fort Kdward, W. V. PMl IfAY Commission or 931) a w K,lir!r fUiJi-y. a:,d expcr.ees. We offer it and w;l l " V 't. Ap-.ly now. r. WKiiuvB Or , tlarti'n. O A. ULL ( lv.t?hlct ot 1 nvkaTitjtBsi for.d as c. to oko. p. how 5 CO., 41 I'arfc Row, New T irk. for the.i ' 1(M nace;i, conti'hllnff lists of iitirj nevra . -in -J ?atlmat'.-?: ..hnwlnt Lost of advertifli aa WAXTEI i tn.rlllhe TELL IT A1 NLWBCOK P f 2 Hv Mm. Ftrnhnue ct Salt LVe Citv. for HA --Ji7a -Vf' ' " 'i'-' c n Minnon lliirh Priest. In jtrortuctu.a ly .Vi-u Mumi-. This story of (pa ..'Oman's expf'rk'urr- tiare tho "hidden tir'r," rv3 mycterici, ftvcrrt dinn. it;, of the Mnnoni 'tv. vj " tvidn'tiwalv womnn wr tf;cm." bright, Pura Scrvond Good, it i the fst new book out. srtuMly ""'i"u7 wiiii Kotxi uuntiS ior au. ix ii popuir.r tvery v litre, with everybody, ninl ontulU oil other IkmjU .' r-y vie. Minutcra y ' (' nj.ccd it." Eminent v.' ni?n cn'lorup it. Ilvervbmly nnu it i and srrnu it-.- b'.'liaB ufc trusty i Outfit I'r iV p.: Vl we will mail til tlU'riC Willi V r y.t lai.'j pnmplilttB witli t till nnrtu'iilnrs, ttTinn, AUUrVM A Ut UKlllIISUltlH at l( llaU " I.Auir.i1 Priu'nd" coiiti.lim 7 articles o.vj.Mvl ty evv.y Ln.iy-PiTtnt S,Gol XTPTIT l T"el ',i.-ih fl.Ul. s.i..ilo n x. t.v inMl, li V. VI I " Aire .(D wants J. M.i;.MB CO. 11 LI H t im a. .:h Mtre'-t. ft ! aiic'))S- a. pr. tcif rl 'j'liimblc. rto NK uRin' ruin h one no.th Alll r.inlea of the L.IKKOK I.I t IMisi'llM.:: which ui.f ,lus tho fri(iiiff fj-frteiHes ol a verf- i,it,e E.iri... ni iu- i:i..,'J,,iiei II u n'07ll(f TT III V -iiiiiry. jij. lit. fun. is w.jiii ... A druse. 11L li. 11AHI) i-RlW., I'll bll. hern j ii I sdclphla or P-st' n. MARVIN'S SAFE CO. Alum and Dry Plaster, Fire and Burglar Proof Absolutely free from Dampness and Corrosion. MANUFACTIIIIKD ONLY IIY IVlarvin'sSafe Co., 265 Broadway, New York. IU Chontnat Street, Philadelpida. STEINWAY Grand, Spare & UjriuM Fiaeos, 8'inoriur nil others. Evcrr Viauo Vrraut.l for t-ivo Veai s. Iiitiitratfrt I ata'.oguc , with t rice List, laailfii fr e n;i ojinlicM.on, bt:;inway a sons, Fos. H7. 19 J 111 Kant 14th btrout. New York WKI WHAT 1M1KM Till flllCAN Kn many chl!1rfiD, a:id such a dlu ! tlrandnia can si-arcely ' hear tier own ears" for the noltsa thty niakn. TtH'V huve imcIi i.litaiui'ii a copy of the YOI 4J I OI,lv' M:VS( and finiiinn it full if Nice Itil-ifN, and ami'N, uud lli'iiulifiil 1'ii'tiiri'N. they ui-e liKinK l.i uudina to hnbtcribe ior every oiio'of them, and bo pttt a liaudtionie l.'liromo for each. Grand, lim hut. lironiii't.d to Kratily thcui, for the paper U not only Lively aud Kntfi'laiiiinx, but Instructive too. und she loves to make triad the heart of a child, father! Mother ! do you v. inh your child to be brieht and happy f Whv nut trlantieifc his htiart, then, by nemling him u copy of tlie VOI M; I tll.IvS' MOW S tor a year, when he will receive u luuuUoiiie t nroino . -lino, t nut wiumaKa him .till more happy ! It U published weekly at 11 ,2. Iter year, iwwtaue paid, anda t 'hn.uio, either "A Friilin ii tin- Hiioih," "Tlie llnnl Hurl'," "lii lliiiir Krtiilv lor 'H," or, "Tlie sliipwrrrk," is beat as a prehent. Or tlie pcier. with either Chromo mounted, lorSI..ill or with two chromo mounted fur1.7ot or wit h the tour t-'hroiuos mounted. 92.5. Muunted Chroinos are best, beud a t hree cent stamp for a Specimen Numher. Al.l Ki ll IIIAltTlKN, l-ulili-licr, gl !oiilli M vralli Slreil, l'liiliiili ljililn. THE THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PAPER IN THE COUNTRY. PER ANNUM Unexcelled by any Weekly Literary Publication, East or West. CANYASSEKS WASTED IS EVERY T0WX IS THE USITED STATES. The most Liberal Premiums and Olab Bates erer offered by any newspaper. Write for a Clroular eoutalntng full lulormstign. etc Specimen copies la r uis hod on application. Address IU LKBUXK OOmr ANY, CJUCAtrO, aUk I' X Chicago 1 edger Hi. J. Wnlker's CnlUoriiiii m- tetir IMttCl'S nro a purely cctablo preparation, mado chiefly fiom tho na tive herbs found on tho lower ranpoa ot the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, tho medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without tho uso of Alcohol. Tho question is almost daily asked, "What is tho cause of tho unparalleled success of Yin eg a n Kit TEKs!" Our answer is, that they remove tho cause of disease, nnd tho patient re covers his health. They aro the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, r perfect ltcnovalor and Invigorator of the system. Never beforo in tho history of tho world lias n mctlicino been componnaer'. j.os.essiiir tlio rcipnrkalilo qualities of Vi.nkoar liiTTKRS in liealinc tho sick of every difea.se man ia heir to. They are a pentle riirgativo as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver aud Visceral Organs, in Bilion? Diseases. Tlie properties of Dr.. Walker's INEOAR liiri'HRS aro Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, budorilic, Altera tive, and Anti-Hilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim Yin egar Bitteks the most wonderful In- vigorant tbat ever sustained the sinking system. No Terson can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones aro not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond . repair. Jnlious, ltemittent and inter mittent levers, which are so preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout tho tinted Mates, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Kio Grande, Pear, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ko anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during tho Summer aud Autumn, and remarkably so Uuring sea- sous of uuusual heat aud dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensivejle rangements of tho stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatnifnt, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon theso various or-' gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic lor tlio purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove tlio dark colored viscid matter with whicli tho bowels aro loaded, at tho samo time stimulating tho secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of tlio digestivo organs. Fortily tho hotly asaiiist disease by purifying all its tluids with Vinegar Bitters. o epidemic can tako Hold of a svstem thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indices! ion, Head ache, Pain in tho shoulders. Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour bructations ot tlio Stomacii, Had laste in tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Pulpita- tation ot tho Heart, inflammation oi tho Lungs, Pain in tho region of tho Kid neys, and a hundred other painful syrup-. toins, aro tho otlsprings ol Dyspepsia. One bottlowill provo a better guarantco of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or Kind's Evil, White Swelling., Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, OKI Sores, Eruptions of tlio Skin, Sore, Kyes. etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, Walkkk's Vi.nkoar Bittern have, shown their p'cat curative powers in tho most obstinate, and intractable cases. For Inllannnatory and Chronic llheumatisin, Gout, Bilious, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, theso Bitters have 110 etml. Such Diseases uro caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases. Persons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, tiold-beaters, ami Miners, ns they advance in life, aro subject to paralysis of tho Bowels. To guard against this, tuko a dose of Walker's Vin egar Bitters occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Bhcuni, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms, Scald-head, Soro Byes, Brysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration of tho Skin, Humors nnd Diseases of tho Skin of whatever namo or nature, aro literally dug up and carried out of the system in a thort time by tho uso of theso Bitters. Fin, Tape, and other "Worms, lurking in tho svstem of eo many thousand.-, are effectually destroyed and removed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an thelmiuitics will free the system from worms like theso Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at tho dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn of life, theso Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood when. ever you lind its impurities bursting through the s'kiu in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you lind it obstructed and sluggish in tho veins; cleanse it when it is foul your feelings will tell vou when. Keep the blood pure, and tho health of tho system will follow. u. ii. Mcdonald & co Drupirists mul Gf n. AptR., San Frnnciacn, California, and or. of Wiishinpton ami Charlton Sts., N. T. Sold by all Druggists urn! Dt uli is. N'Yti U' K t9. Alt l : M .itilsil.- Ki:, or VOS1011. ;Assas or 100 i Keltod. Fi .'u ) similes free. Writ at rx(! o f. M. BKP1. K'trhlh tHr.'t. Vpt VnrV If IT PSf?CI,!M tT hia tomrarte, P. w. Poler tyHrtut.'... tj. s. i., the only Authetitl Q.1 Auiroried I.lfe puMiphed ; 6UU paircs; beau tin.lly iiliistrhted. Agents watitcl evervurher. it ,a 0 clitMcy sold. Cir iars ot all our works free sVA.I. l-eSTlN. OILMAN CO.. Hartfnru, Tou.i ;(" , fc;n ll Week. Aneuts wintaf. Partlca I j lunfrfe. WOHTH A CO., St. Louis. Mo liuo liiiviiiiit. 15,000,000 nines, 7U.OOO llluuers, O.&OO 'i'ous Bold. Hardware Dealers Bll Th.m. Hinder 41, King, pr HO Sllcl Ton (r. 41,V5, by m.il, post paid, Circulars fro.. Address Us W. HltL 4 CO, Seostur, 111, SKKD to the Kansas Loau dc Trust Co . T.i pe lea, Kan., f ir circular explaining their 114 ier Cent, ffarni fflorteraire UuikIH. Iu terest aiu at your Bankers or iu New oi k. EPILEPSY OR FITS A 6UBK CUEB for tl is distressing complaint is now made known in a Treatise (of IS ooUvo psges) on Foreign and Native Herbal Preparations, pub. llshed by Dr. O. Philps Bbows. Th prcacriitioa wsa discnTerad by him In such a providential manner that he cannot conscientiously refuse lo make It known, as It has cured eyer j body who haa used It f"r Fits, never havti g fuiiod in a single case. The irgredients n.ay be obtained f lorn any druggist. A copy sent free to all apolli ants by ytraLet,y.;.;;v,s-.iHEI'1'8 CK Ofi per dy at home. lerma rraa. spv r syarw ws..tlnIOB0O.,rUsdVaIaii Ad